We had another day of amazing weather (I hope it never ends) today and I just had to go for a naked walk. Didn’t have time to drive anywhere so I headed for what is my favourite local walk, the good old Penarth – Lavernock – St Marys Well Bay. I think it like it so much as it is close to us, not too long, not to arduous and its a bit risky as there are a couple of pinch points, and you often meet textiles on the beach (which we like).
So I parked up at the Penarth end at around 11.45, stashed my clothes in my usual spot just past the end of the see wall and headed west totally naked (no bag today). The beach was empty all the ay to Lavernock point, and I kept going round the point, again not meeting anyone.
I walked all the way along the top of the beach towards St Marys Well Bay and passed one guy sunbathing towards the western end of the beach. He looked like he was naked, but as I got closer, I could see he was wearing skimpy speedos. I kept going as I could see that the sand bar was fully exposed at low tide and I wanted to walk down it – don’t get to do that very often!
I walked down onto the sand bar and dumped my trainers and walked out to the end of the sand bar, then had a swim in the lagoon behind the sand bar. I walked back over to the other side of the bar and walked into the ocean side until I was about chest deep and just enjoyed being in the water for a while. I came back up till the water was about knee deep and walked back up to my trainers.
I walked back up to the base of the cliff and turned left and walked round up into the back of St Mary Wells Bay in front of the caravans. It was so quiet that I walked across the beach towards a sunbather I could see on the western end of the beach under the caravans. I walked almost to the sunbather who was also naked (I think) and then turned back as I didn’t have too much time. I would ideally have walked past the sunbather and round the other side of the bay to swanbridge bay, but you cant have everything.
I walked back round the beach right up under the small cliff in front of the caravan park, and back round onto the wave cut platform leading back to lavernock Point.
There were now three guys sunning on the beach, one with shorts on, the second wandering about with speedos on. I chatted briefly to him and suggested that he should be naked , he said that the Police had been on the beach recently. I replied and said that there should be no problem as there is actually no law against nudity on beaches.
I walked back and as I rounded lavernock point I cam upon two women, tucked up in a fold in the cliff, sunbathing in skimpy bikinis, I walked past around 3-4 meters away, and both of them had a quick glance at me but just ignored me.
I walked round the point and headed back towards Penarth. On the way back, I passed an older couple sitting at the top of the beach neat the entrance path, and then a guy with a dog who was right down by the water collecting stuff in a bucket. Further along the beach I passed two more dog walkers who were about 30m away, and then as I got closer to my clothes stash, I walked within 2m of to women who were walking a dog. They had a good look at me as I waked up to and past them but didn’t really seem to care.
I collected my clothes, and headed home. Altogether another amazing walk which was quite exciting as I passed quite a few textiles. I only wish that Andi or Marian had been with me as they both would have loved the textile encounters